While evidence isn't conclusive, better safe than sorry. If you are on hormonal birth control and need to take antibiotics, use a secondary method of protection (such as condoms while taking antibiotics.

Empathizing by itself is just fine! i understand that you want to help! but the thing is, empathy itself is not the same as experience. and while discussion is a great way to educate, when someone who has experienced oppression tells you something, what you need to do is /listen bc real and personal experience will always trump theoretical knowledge. when you argue with GSMs about something that is real to them, it trivializes their experiences, and it silences them, and that hurts.